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LifeOnce Again CH 354

Author:Wise Dragon Category:Unreal Update time:2022-12-22 05:30:39

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He saw his phone ringing and left for a moment.

The smell of burnt charcoal, which he couldnt smell inside the restaurant, became vivid again.

He took the call next to the vending machine right outside the restaurant.

-Seonbae-nim.

“Oh, its you, Bangjoo.”

-Yes.

I have something to ask.

We need to be in Seoul by 9 tomorrow, right

“Yes, by 9.”

-Youre taking the train, right

“Probably.”

-My sister says shell take me there by car.

Do you want to come with me as well

“Senior Joohyun said that”

-Yeah.

Shes taking a break tomorrow, thats why.

“Thats good for me.”

-Then why dont we meet at 7 at Suwon station

“Im okay with that.

Then see you at 7 tomorrow.”

-Yes.

Bangjoo replied vigorously.

After hanging up, Maru sighed.

It was a tiring day.

He turned around his head to have a look inside the restaurant.

The minor actors were laughing and talking to each other.

When they just arrived at the restaurant, they all asked him what his relationship was with Suyeon, but they soon lost interest when he said that he just met her once before during a shoot.

The one that led the conversation after that was number four, Moon Gwangseok.

His phone was indicating that it was 6 oclock.

It had been a whole hour already since they arrived at the restaurant.

They had talked enough as well and it was about time they separated.

He went back to the restaurant and sat back down.

They finished up all the meat, and they were eating fried rice and doenjang-guk.

“This is just between us, but the actors we saw at the set today, dont you think they are bad at acting” Gwangseok spoke as he looked around the table.

“Bluntly put, even we can do that much, right But they look down on us too much, especially that Lee Miyoon.

I dont know what the heck is wrong with her.

I almost stepped in and shouted at her to stop.”

“She did take it too far.”

“Yeah.”

The others agreed with him.

“Apparently, shes well known for bullying minor actors.

I also heard this from someone else, but there should be a lot of people who gave up being an actor because of her,” a woman wearing horn-rimmed glasses spoke.

“Oh really”

“Yes.

If she doesnt like someone, she just blatantly picks on them like she did today and makes them leave by themself.

Also, this is just a rumor, but apparently, she sleeps with men that are a lot younger than her.”

“How evil.”

“But theres actually quite a lot of people like that.

Human trash, I mean,” the woman with the glasses sighed faintly.

Everyone paid attention to her.

“I went to a commercial high school and didnt go to university.

I was an accountant for a small company before I decided that I want to become an actress.

I guess Ive been working there for a year.

During that year, I experienced a lot of things.

Ive met people that couldnt be described with the wordtrash, and had a really hard time until I was eventually driven out by them.

At that time, I thought that it was just this place that had some really weird people.

But I found out that I was wrong.

In the entertainment industry, there are even worse people and more of them.”

“There are always evil people that leech off others.”

Gwangseok consoled the woman.

He patted her shoulders and even grabbed her hand.

He was hitting on her even at a time like this.

Maru didnt say anything and just scraped the fried rice off the pan with his spoon.

He did not want to hear rants from people that just entered society, nor did he plan to tell them about it.

In the end, they had to experience it for themselves.

The dirtiness and vileness of society could only be understood after seeing it for oneself.

What was supposed to be a place to get close became a place for ranting.

Of course, their target was Miyoon.

No, it wasnt just Miyoon, but everyone at that place.

Someones bad at acting, someones picking on them too much, and someone is too talkative.

From how they were getting more heated up due to the conversation, it seemed that they were going to continue this topic for quite a while.

He ate the slightly burnt rice.

For a brief moment, people looked at him, but when he smiled back, they just nodded and went back to their conversation.

They were probably thinking that he was too young for all of this.

“Arent you going to eat more”

“So you were hungry.

You can eat a lot.

You still have it good.

Once you graduate high school, it will be hell,” Gwangseok spoke.

“Yeah.

You should play around while youre still in school.

You dont get why were so angry right now, do you Youll understand a little once you graduate and enter college, that adults are scary.”

The woman with the pink lipstick, who sat next to the woman with the glasses, spoke.

She scattered some crushed laver.

“Should I order some more meat”

“No, this is fine for me.”

“Hey, you should eat a lot while this hyung buys it for you.

Once you grow up, you wont get any of this treatment.”

Those words came from a man sitting opposite Gwangseok.

The flow of the conversation naturally went towards talking about their middle and high school days.

Maru inwardly smiled as he watched them.

Those were the good days - such words were said even when he was forty-five.

He would reminisce about when he was still thirty, and treat his thirties as the golden years.

However, when he was thirty, he reminisced about when he just finished mandatory military service and thought about how good it was back then.

During the military, about university, and in university, about high school days.

In the end, if people could not be satisfied with the reality theyre living in right now, they would not be able to look at the future.

Even though time came from the past and was going towards the future, peoples minds always thought about the past and longed for the past.

He knew this because he experienced it himself.

It wasnt that retrospects were bad.

Sometimes, it could be a form of motivation for living.

Thinking about how reckless one was in the past, and how stable they are currently.

However, talking about such things while drinking like this was meaningless.

Even more meaningless than the fried rice in front of his eyes.

Fried rice had some nutritional value, but reminiscing about the past had none of that at all.

It only pained the mouth.

That was why he just moved his spoon.

“But we came all the way here.

Many people quit before they even become a minor actor.

But we are getting screen time even though were young.

It means that were doing well.

As long as we dont encounter people like that woman who finds joy in blocking other peoples ways, well be able to become good actors.

Here, raise your glasses.

Maru, you can toast with coke.”

Gwangseok poured soju for everyone.

Maru raised his cup with coke in it and toasted.

Clang, his cup clanged with the soju glasses.

Everyone started drinking soju, but one person stopped halfway.

It was the earphone girl, named Choi Gyunglim.

She participated in the conversation once in a while, but she stayed silent most of the time.

She smiled when she checked her texts on her phone, but she stayed expressionless when she talked with the other minor actors.

People seemed to have noticed her attitude and did not talk to her at all.

They only asked herdont you agree from time to time when they needed to lead the conversation in a specific direction.

With more alcohol in their bodies, they started talking bad about Miyoon and the other actors even more fiercely.

The conversation looped again and again.

This meant that it was about time they stood up.

Since some of them looked drunk, now was the perfect time to finish things up.

“Actually, I was planning to say something to that woman!” Gwangseok pointed at the empty air as he spoke.

“She has no skill, whos she to bully someone else I was really going to talk to her about it, but she stopped as soon as she saw me look at her, right You know, I do look a bit fierce.”

“Right, right,” the woman in glasses spoke.

The two seemed to get along well.

If they finished things up right now, they might hold hands and walk straight into a motel.

As Gwangseok looked brave and had decent looks, he looked quite likeable.

That is, he looked likeable.

Anyone who paid attention to the way he spoke would have their affection graph towards him fall rapidly like the stock market graph during an economic crisis.

The woman in glasses seemed drunk and didnt seem to have enough reason to notice that.

The others also told Gwangseok that he did well to hold it in.

It was funny at this moment.

Maru had the urge to shoot everything that was going on right now with a camera and show it to them the next day.

At this point, it was a black comedy.

“Not like you would be able to say anything to her when youre actually in front of her.”

A small voice could be heard.

Fortunately, thanks to Gwangseoks noisy chatter, the others didnt seem to have heard it.

Maru looked at Gyunglim who sat opposite him.

Her face was bright red.

It seemed that she was really weak with alcohol.

“Such a showoff,” she spoke again.

Maru scraped his spoon on the pan in hopes that her voice would be covered by the noise.

Please, lets part ways nicely.

His wish seemed to come true, only to be destroyed by Gwangseok turning his head around.

“What was that”

Gwangseoks face became rigid as he looked at Gyunglim.

Being glared at, Gyunglim didnt say anything.

She looked very flustered.

She spoke all that because of the alcohol getting the better of her, and it seemed that she was panicking slightly now that he actually heard her.

“Hey, youre funny.

Im a showoff Im just saying the truth.”

“Hey, Gyunglim.

You have really bad manners.

You dont like us, do you” The woman in glasses fixed her glasses as she spoke.

Everyones attention was now on Gyunglim.

Gyunglim said that that wasnt what she meant, albeit just barely.

At that moment, she looked at Maru.

Maru simply ignored her and focused on putting the rest of the fried rice onto his plate.

The minor actors all spoke out to her.

“Hey, why are you so uncooperative when we have to stick together You really arent likeable.”

“You arent planning to tell that woman what we said, are you”

“No way, thats just harsh.

We just talked bad about her together, shes not human if she tells that woman on us.”

Gyunglim kept defending herself by saying that she misspoke.

However, it seemed that the others didnt plan to see her in a good light since she hadnt been participating in the conversation since the beginning.

“Lets go for a 2nd round.

Gyunglim, youre going home, right From looking at your face, you need to stop drinking.”

“Yeah, you should go home and get some rest.”

“What about you Maru”

“I cant drink, so theres no reason for me to tag along.

I should go home as well.

I live in Suwon so Ill be home late even if I go now.”

“Then you should get going quickly.”

While Gwangseok paid the bill with his card, the others went to the bathroom.

It seemed that factions had formed already as the woman with the glasses and the woman with the pink lipstick were hooking arms, giving a glance at Gyunglim before they stood up.

The only ones left at the table were Maru and Gyunglim.

“You couldve helped me out a little,” Gyunglim spoke as though she was wronged.

It seemed that she didnt like how he ignored her when she looked at him for help.

“Why would I”

When he asked back, she bit her lips, having nothing to retort.

Like what happened during the day, she really lived without thinking.

Her personality was decent and bright enough to make jokes, but she was too light-mouthed.

She was the type of person that would run into big trouble because of blurting out something unnecessary.

“Didnt I tell you that you shouldnt say things you cant take responsibility for If you said all that because of alcohol, then you should really stop drinking in the future.

A grown-up should be responsible.”

“But hes acting all cocky and its unsightly.”

“How ironic.

You told Gwangseok-hyung about how he wouldnt be able to say anything in front of that woman, but I see youre doing the exact same thing.”

“Thats….”

Gyunglim stuttered.

Maru clicked his tongue as he stood up.

Gwangseok was a tiresome person, but this woman was even worse.

“Im going then.

Well meet again if chance allows it.

The people we met today, you might meet them again if you continue doing actor work, so be close with them.”

“...Okay.”

Gyunglim spoke as she looked somewhere else.

He tried to meet her eyes, but she kept looking somewhere else awkwardly.

She was someone that brought out her pride during unnecessary occasions, but couldnt say anything when it was truly important.

She was neither smart nor capable.

If she was kind, then at least that would be a good part about her, but she wasnt that either.

Gyunglim suddenly put on her earphones.

Then, she stood up, picked up her bag, and left.

The other minor actors, who were talking outside, just laughed in vain when they saw Gyunglim walk by.

Maru shook his head and left the restaurant.

“Then Ill take my leave.”

“Alright, be careful on your way home, and see you next time.”

“Yes.”

Separating from the rest of the minor actors, Maru started walking towards the train station.

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